Return rush peaks following 'Bon' holidays

Return rush peaks following 'Bon' holidays

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a many-kilometers-long traffic jam on the inbound lane of the Tomei Expressway in Ebina, Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Aug. 17, 2013, as many people headed home from their summer holidays. Mt. Fuji is visible in the background.

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